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DE LANGY PRBBBORN 8v R. B. PERKINS'.

MBTALLIG CORNER FOR BOXES. y No. 254,436. Patented Feb. 28,1882'.

m, @ZMW 'WITNESSES v I .Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DE LANOY FREEBORN AND RICHARD B. PERKINS, OF HORNELLSVILLE, N. Y.

METALLIC CORNER FOR BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters. Patent No. 254,436, dated February 28, 182. Application filed December 13, 1881'. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: i Be it known that we, DE LANcY FREEBORN and RICHARD BooNE PERKINs, of Hornellsville, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Corners; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,

. which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figurel is a perspective view ot' our improved box or body corner-piece. Fig. 2 is a similar view from the outside. Fig. 3 is a secj tion taken on the line cc y z of Fig. 2, and Fig.

4 is a section taken on the line Im u of the same gure.

This invention has relation to improvements Vin box or body corner-pieces, its object being to eli'ect the ready and substantial fastening together of the sides, ends, and bottom of the body or box, and to permit of the ready renewal of any one or more ofthe parts, as well as to protect the corners or angles; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, substantially7 as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

fastening the corner-piece to the bottom frame of the body or box, as particularly seen in Fig. l.

The corner-piece, as constituted of the parts A A A2 A3 A4, may be cast in one piece, in which case it is applied for use by slipping it on the parts ot' the box or body vertically, its open bottom side being presented toward the upper edge ofthe box or body, or by driving or inserting the sides and ends into it end wise and then bolting or screwing it thereto.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the ends of the sides and the end portions of the box or body previously beveled will abut against the web A2, While the latter will thus be permitted to re-enforce o r strengthen the corner-piece and hold both the plates of the corner-piece and the parts of the box or body firmly together.

The edges of the outside plate, A, are provided with beads@ to protect or overlap the edges of the parts ot' the box or body where, it" desired, the plate is let into the saine.

Having thus fully7 described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Bnt- The corner-piece consisting of the outside and inside plates,'A A', having, one, beads a,

.the web A2, connecting these together, the top plate, A3, and the base-plate A4, all cast in one piece, as set forth and shown.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto afxed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY WALLIDGE, EDGAR HENRY WILLIAMS. 

